42 U.S.C. § 18351 — Continuation of the International Space Station

submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-267 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 134 words · no verdicts yet

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It's U.S. policy, working with international partners, to keep using the Space Station fully through at least September 30, 2030. NASA must find international, commercial, and government ways to supply and maintain the station, cut risks, and lower U.S. costs. NASA should also use the station to prepare for future exploration and for science missions.

(a) Policy of the United States. It is U.S. policy, working with its international partners in the ISS program, to support full and complete use of the ISS through at least September 30, 2030. (b) NASA action. To carry out that policy, NASA must do three things. Pursue international, commercial, and cross-government ways to maximize how the ISS is supplied, maintained, and operated, reduce risks to keeping its systems running, and offset and minimize U.S. operating costs. Use the ISS, as much as practical, to develop capabilities and technologies needed for future human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. And use the ISS, if practical and cost-effective, for Science Mission Directorate missions in low-Earth orbit.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

(a) Policy of the United States

It shall be the policy of the United States, in consultation with its international partners in the ISS program, to support full and complete utilization of the ISS through at least September 30, 2030.

(b) NASA action

In furtherance of the policy set forth in subsection (a), NASA shall—

(1)

pursue international, commercial, and intragovernmental means to maximize ISS logistics supply, maintenance, and operational capabilities, reduce risks to ISS systems sustainability, and offset and minimize United States operations costs relating to the ISS;

(2)

utilize, to the extent practicable, the ISS for the development of capabilities and technologies needed for the future of human space exploration beyond low-Earth orbit; and

(3)

utilize, if practical and cost effective, the ISS for Science Mission Directorate missions in low-Earth orbit.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–267, title V, § 501, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2822; Pub. L. 114–90, title I, § 114(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 715; Pub. L. 115–10, title III, § 301(c), Mar. 21, 2017, 131 Stat. 23; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VII, § 10815(a), Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1737.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-267 · 124 Stat. 2822
2015Amended · Pub. L. 114-90 · 129 Stat. 715
2017Amended · Pub. L. 115-10 · 131 Stat. 23
2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-167 · 136 Stat. 1737

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